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2 August 2010 | Comments | 81 notes | ⇀

marco: Given how well Jeff Bezos usually prioritizes reading and readability, why are his announcements on the Amazon frontpage always images of poorly rendered text? I found myself thinking the exact same thing while researching the new Kindle over the weekend. Accessibility nightmare.

marco:

Given how well Jeff Bezos usually prioritizes reading and readability, why are his announcements on the Amazon frontpage always images of poorly rendered text?

I found myself thinking the exact same thing while researching the new Kindle over the weekend. Accessibility nightmare.

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  1. lakita-dohn reblogged this from intranation
  2. deletingpermissions reblogged this from marco
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  4. fearful reblogged this from marco and added:
    Because allowing us to copy...text would be heresy?
  5. quiddle reblogged this from marco and added:
    bothered me as well.
  6. quatermain said: …because he’d rather you paid for a device than getting it for free? [/cynicism]
  7. czottmann reblogged this from marco and added:
    That has bugged me for some time as well.
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  9. cooperottum reblogged this from marco and added:
    full experience by visiting Amazon’s homepage. It really does look awful.
  10. danielfallenstein reblogged this from marco
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  12. intranation reblogged this from marco and added:
    In other news, I kind...want a new Kindle.
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  14. jonadair reblogged this from marco and added:
    I found myself thinking...exact same thing while researching the new Kindle over the...
  15. jimcloudman said: Maybe they’re paranoid about how text renders in different browsers. I know sometimes Internet Explorer can be quirky about it. That’s the only valid excuse I see, though, unless their backend can’t handle custom text blocks.

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